Leribe tracksite (Jurassic of Lesotho)

Where: Leribe, Lesotho (28.9° S, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Cave Sandstone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1958. Principaux types de pistes de Vertébrés dans les couches du Stormberg au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) (Note préliminaire) [Principal types of vertebrate prints in the Stormberg beds of Basutoland (South Africa) (preliminary note)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1958:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56001: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Dipodiscus saltator n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
"Neotrisauropus lacunensis n. sp." = Grallator lacunensis, "Neotrisauropus leribeensis n. sp." = Grallator leribeensis
"Neotrisauropus lacunensis n. sp." = Grallator lacunensis Ellenberger 1970 theropod
"Neotrisauropus leribeensis n. sp." = Grallator leribeensis Ellenberger 1970 theropod
 Saurischia -
Saurischia indet. saurischian
track site G
 Saurischia - Otozoidae
Kalosauropus pollex n. gen. n. sp.
Kalosauropus pollex n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod
UM2 LES232-3, 233, 234
 Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae
"Molapopentapodiscus pilosus n. sp." = Batrachopus pilosus
"Molapopentapodiscus pilosus n. sp." = Batrachopus pilosus Ellenberger 1970 aetosaur
Mammalia
  -
"Dinopentapodiscus acutus n. sp." = Ameghinichnus acutus
"Dinopentapodiscus acutus n. sp." = Ameghinichnus acutus Ellenberger 1970 mammal
Francipentapodiscus minusculus
  -
Francipentapodiscus minusculus n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Francipentapodiscus crassus
  -
Francipentapodiscus crassus n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Francipentapodiscus minor
  -
Francipentapodiscus minor n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Francipentapodiscus medius
  -
Francipentapodiscus medius n. sp. Ellenberger 1970